U.N. To Probe Drone Attacks By U.S., Others Resulting In Civilian Deaths -- Washington Post

U.N. To Probe Drone Attacks By U.S., Others Resulting In Civilian Deaths -- Washington Post

NEW YORK — An independent U.N. human rights researcher on Thursday announced plans to launch an investigation into the use of drone attacks and other targeted assassinations by the United States and other governments that result in civilian deaths or injuries.

Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, said in a Harvard University law school speech that he and South African Christof Heyns, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, will establish an investigative unit early next year in Geneva to probe drone attacks.

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